drug abuse

Your Thoughts on Drug Abuse in Academia?

Question by farful: Your thoughts on drug abuse in academia?
There were many articles posted a week ago about the poll Nature conducted on scientists. The poll showed that many scientists use drugs (mainly methylphenidate and modafinil)to enhance their ability to concentrate. Here is one such article:
http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20080409/poll-scientists-use-brain-boosting-drugs

Even the prolific mathematician, Paul Erdos, took copious amounts of amphetamines, and said that the world lost a lot of good math the one month he went without it (due to a bet with a friend). I often wonder how much more productive he would have been had he been using amphetamines before the age of 60.
http://amphetamines.com/paul-erdos.html

Medicare Records Provide Tantalizing New Details of Payments to Doctors

Medicare Records Provide Tantalizing New Details Of Payments To Doctors

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The federal government published data tracing the $ 77 billion that Medicare paid to physicians, drug testing companies and other medical practitioners throughout 2012, and what services they were being reimbursed for. The data … While the database …
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Portman and Brown to Holder: Draw from community strategies when fighting

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What’s Worse the Effects of the War on Drugs or Addiction?

Question by Q K: What’s worse the effects of the War On Drugs or addiction?
War On Drugs raises the price of drugs making traffickers super rich including terrorists. We’ll lose the Afghan war cause the Taliban has all the money coming from their opium trade. The fight against terrrorism is at stake cause we stick to enforcing drug laws that are unenforceable. We need to legalize, regulate and tax them like any tobacco product is. Instead of deficits fighting drug cartels we’ll have profits to be used to educate and rehabilitate drug addicts.

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Medicare Continues Paying Doctors Even After Arrested

Medicare continues paying doctors even after arrested

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But the indictment and Medicaid suspensions didn't deter Medicare from continuing to allow the doctors to treat elderly and disabled patients 2014 and billing taxpayers for their services. … That's a small fraction of the $ 77 billion Medicare has …
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State Disciplines Health Care Providers

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Drug Abuse Problem 15?

Question by power ball: Drug abuse problem 15?
Your Open Question: Today I relieved that I have a addiction for pain killers what should I do?

I’m actual 15 turning 16 in may what websites can I go to get advice on stopping this addiction I take 3 in the morning and at night I do this everyday and very frequent at nigh also are there groups that are low cost that I can go to or people that can help me I live in Sioux Falls SD Also where is a place where I can get a lace up ankle brace for under 10 bucks also in Sioux Falls so

Advise for Drug Abuse at Young Age!?

Question by partygirll: Advise for drug abuse at young age!?
So im a 16 years old girl and i abuse many drugs. I haven’t a clue wat i should do. Im seriously scared becuase its out of my control, please dont say im stupid for doing it and that stuff.. becuase i heard it too many times, i need advise. Iv been smoking weed for almost 4 years, and snorting cocaine for almost 2 years, latley it has gotten to its worst.. I also many times take extacy snort heroin and smoke crack take many presciption pills( what ever i can get). Its really sad thats what all my friends say but they don’t want anything to do with me. I cant tell my mom and its been so long i just am not shure who to talk to nemore and i need answers.. please don’t be rude , im jus totally draind and done with this crap..